Nashville, Tennessee
42 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter, Lyricist, Songwriter

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""I'm no stranger to strange places""

BIOGRAPHY

Since relocating to Nashville in Autumn of 2008, New Orleasn native Jon Roniger has secured two cuts on the Jenna von Oy EP "Coffee and Men" as well as songs appearing on VH1's "Tough Love", HGTV, "Platinum Babies" and in commercials for Bedford for Beds (a UK bedding company). Buoyed by significant BBC airplay Jon is departing for his seventh European tour in early 2011.

Jon Roniger’s heartfelt roots rock is a truly American slice of songwriting. Adding his unique voice to the lineage of great U.S. artists, Roniger brings to the table music that touches on the human spirit without prettence and with much emotional power. Roniger’s songwriting masterfully captures the keen colors of the human heart, embodying the full array of feelings of which we are capable.

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Rock , Alternative Country

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Jon Roniger Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP), I own my own publishing

Contact

Management: N/A
Publishing: Jon Roniger - doc@jonroniger.com
Label: N/A
Booking: Kendra - Rich Halo Booking - rich.halo.booking.rep@gmail.com
Administrative: Jon Roniger

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

bass / acoustic guitar / electric guitar

INFLUENCES

The Beatles, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, John Hiatt, Freedy Johnston, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Old Eric Clapton, Jim Croce.....my wife, my kids....life....so many influences.....

DAY JOB

I write songs!

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

experience >

SONG CUTS

Jenna von Oy EP "Coffee and Men"

SONG PLACEMENTS

Bedford Bedding UK 2009 HGTV 2010 Platinum Babies 2010

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Cadillac Sky

Cadillac Sky should be a lot more tired. It’s early Saturday afternoon at MerleFest and the band–Bryan Simpson, Matt Menefree, Andrew Moritz, Ross Holmes and newest addition David Mayfield–has already logged two performances on the day....

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Sessions: David Bazan

It was pretty slow. I mean, I played [the songs] on acoustic guitar for a long time, but I didn’t know how to transfer them to the other format. I didn’t want it to be a solo acoustic record. I wanted there to be bells and whistles and full band arrangements even if I didn’t want it necessarily to be electric guitar rock....

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Sessions: Vetiver

“It’s always slightly confounding to me whenever Vetiver is depicted with the same tropes that people have read off of press sheets,” says Andy Cabic. “The same sort of milestones get mentioned but then no one really digs to find out that there are those other things going on.”

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Behind The Song: “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell sang, it has been remarked, like lovers, although they weren’t. Similarly, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the team behind one of Marvin and Tammi’s most enduring hits, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” wrote as if under the influence of amatory forces; even if, in the spring of 1968,